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The Magic of the Ring: Tolkien Art exhibition in Italy

International Press Release: THE MAGIC OF THE RING from Tolkien to Jackson 24th January – 22nd March, 2015 WOW SPAZIO FUMETTO Comics, Illustration and Animated Picture Museum of Milan Viale Campania 12 – Milan – […]

A ‘Hobbit’ Nail Art Tutorial

This is the first post by a special Middle-earth News guest contributor, @FleurDeGaite. She is kindly providing a tutorial on Hobbit inspired nail art. I’ll let her take it from here! Nail Art The Hobbit […]

Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy To Host Tolkien Presentation

Tolkien and/or Jackson? Filming Tolkien’s Legendarium A Presentation by Shaun Gunner, Chairman of the Tolkien Society, and the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy Tuesday 24th February, 5.15-6.30 p.m. Chichester, West Sussex Room […]

Sign Up Soon for The Tolkien Professor’s Lord of the Rings Movie Marathon

Calling all Boston-area Lord of the Rings fans! It’s time to sign up for a fun and fantastic day-long movie marathon hosted by The Tolkien Professor, Corey Olsen! It includes food, fun, and geeky fellowship. Sign […]

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Wins at DICE Awards

At the 18th Annual DICE Awards last night, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor won eight of the nine awards it was nominated for. The award it missed out on, Game of the Year, was snagged by Dragon […]

University of New Mexico Hobbit Society To Host FREE Panel

The Hobbit: Observations on the relationships between Tolkien’s book and Jackson’s films A Panel Presentation by Janet Brennan Croft, Rutgers University Kristine Larsen, Central Connecticut State University David Oberhelman, Oklahoma State University Robin Anne Reid, […]

“The Iron Parachute” By Cor Blok Soon To Be Released Through Oloris Publishing

Between 1958 and 1962, Dutch artist Cor Blok created 140 illustrations for J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. These were among the earliest attempts at visualizing the story. Cor Blok visited The Professor in […]

Adam Brown Joins the Cast of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ 5

It’s now official that Ori the Dwarf goes to sea or “on an adventure”, if you prefer. Yesterday actor Adam Brown, who played Ori the Dwarf in The Hobbit trilogy, announced on his Twitter profile […]

Peter Hollens Completes ‘Hobbit’ Set and Makes Us Cry with ‘The Last Goodbye’

Peter Hollens has entertained us with music from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, and he has now performed all of the end credit songs from each of our journeys into Middle-earth. “The Last Goodbye,” the […]

Dr. Higgen’s Anglo-Saxon Community in J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’

Available now from Oloris Publishing, Dr. Deborah A. Higgen’s Anglo-Saxon Community in J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’ will add to the field of Tolkien scholarship a detailed study of how Tolkien entered into […]